GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
Teen Refugee Integration + Community Building
PROPOSAL
How do we welcome the world's displaced citizens into a better shared future? The Artivist Nest will be hosting a 7 day residential program for 12 young refugees, artists and social activists in Monterosi, Italy. This creative retreat will be led by a team of experienced facilitators with expertise in group dynamics, arts-based facilitation, experiential learning, social change and leadership skills. The participants will be guided through a process that will support collaboration, community building and creative expression. Outcomes will include increased self-confidence, new found practical skills of creative expression and a strengthened belief in their ability to make positive change in their own lives and in their communities.
PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENT
7 day program to include dance, choreography, music, video production, story telling, fireside chats and rituals, grief and trauma exercises, collaborative meal prep and cooking, shared meals, walks ++
LOCATION
Monterosi, Viterbo, Italy
HOSTS
DATE
Fall 2021
PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS
+ Comunita' di Sant'Egidio, Rome
FACILITATORS
MENTORS
+ Selma Turajlic
+ Miriam Nabaro
ART OUTPUT
+ Documentary, Christina Zachariades, Doc Nomads
+ Photography, Miriam Nabaro
INSPIRATIONS + REFERENCES
+ Partnership for Youth Empowerment - PYE
+ Elisa Sednaoui Foundation
+ Amazing People of The World - APOW
+ Joanna Macy